Dolphin Island

To add to our collection of dolphin-shaped things from last week, here's the Ile du Golfe off the south coast of Tasmania which looks astonishingly like (you guessed it), an absolutely gigantic dolphin. More on the Maatsuyker Islands, of which…

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Tuesday, 14th November 2006

Zombie Attack

Oh dear, it seems the workers at Southwest Office Systems in Fort Worth have been attacked by Zombies, and in their desperation have painted "SOS" on the rooftop. Maybe someone should go and rescue them? If you do valiantly go…

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Saturday, 11th November 2006

Omar’s Public Service Announcements

In the hills over Afghanistan a man named Omar has very kindly chosen to let the whole world know exactly where he is standing. Just to the left of the arrow under the giant word "ME". Omar is probably also…

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Friday, 10th November 2006

Dolphin Pool

Take your pick from either a pool of dolphins or a dolphin-shaped pool. The image of dolphins in a pool was captured from Google Earth, where you can also clearly make out a crowd gathered round a dolphin at the…

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Thursday, 9th November 2006

Impossible Houses

Despite looking like one of M.C. Escher's impossible creations, Kubuswoning is actually just a very unusual housing block in the Netherlands. Meaning "Cube houses" in English, this Rotterdam landmark was designed by Piet Blom in the early 80s, and is…

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Wednesday, 8th November 2006

The Face of Mother Earth

A poster over at the keyhole forums has discovered what does look remarkably like a kilometre-wide pair of rather luscious-looking female lips. If this were the face of Mother Earth, I wonder where the rest of her features are? The…

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Tuesday, 7th November 2006

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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